I learned a lot from this museum and would be sad to see it go.
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Phaedra Koonz
12 years ago
Since I was a small child I have always loved that museum! I hope to one day soon bring my small child there
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Bethany Duke
12 years ago
The Texas Memorial Museum has been a significant impact on my son's desire to become a scientist! Don't let the inspiration disappear for other children.
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Robert Malina
12 years ago
Viva the TMM!
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Max Colonna
12 years ago
I've been coming here since I was just a young kid obsessed with dinosaurs. I have no doubt resources like this are a big reason I've become a scientist. If we as a university, city, state, or nation want to remain competitive and innovative by fostering the sciences, we need places like this.
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Emily Powell
12 years ago
Many of my classes have used the museum as a teaching resource!
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Susan Floyd
12 years ago
The Texas Memorial Museum is a treasure on campus as well as an important source of science education for Texas K-12 students. As a fourth generation Texas Ex, former staff member, and current graduate student in the Museum Studies Portfolio Program, I strongly hope the College of Natural Sciences will reconsider and prioritize funding for this important instutition of science and culture in the heart of Austin. Texas - and our Texas students - deserve better than this.
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Emily Moskal
12 years ago
The department of Ingrative Biology at UT brings many achieved students and is in the top ten in the nation. Museum collections are an integral part of studying many facets of biology. Without funding, the support and interest of curated specimens will fall, and I think the lack of support will likely discourage many prospective students from choosing UT as their college of choice. I personally chose to pursue my undergraduate because of the extensive museum and the many professors involved. Cutting the budget will also discourage high-ranking prospective faculty and deter those already present. This museum is a pride of the biology department and the University of Texas. Why take that away?
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Taylor Gullett
12 years ago
As a TA at UT, I've taken numerous students to the museum and they are always impressed how wonderful it is. It would be a shame to lose such a wonderful resource for education.
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Scott Spear
12 years ago
I spent many wonderful hours in my youth investigating all the the TMM had to offer. It was the pride of UT in the day and deserves to be updated and enhanced. There is no equal in Austin or the rest of Texas.
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Rachel Malloy
12 years ago
As a UT graduate and Museum professional, it is upsetting to hear of these cutbacks. Please reconsider these funding cuts.
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Scott Morris
12 years ago
Texas Memorial Museum is Austin's Natural History Museum. Our kids have explored every square inch of the exhibits, enjoyed talking to the researchers working in the lab downstairs, and played on the grounds after picnics on the lawn. We are so lucky to have a resource like this in our community. It is public outreach at its finest, and a unique gathering space.
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Jim Robison
12 years ago
We just lost a fine mineral museum in Phoenix because the non-scientific "historians" wanted it and they swing a bigger political hammer in Arizona. 50,000 school kids used to visit every year. Gone!
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Roger Lang
12 years ago
This pattern is seen so often ... a museum of natural history being defunded (and here in GER mostly because in favour of new apparently "hip" stuff). Have seen a few disappear. I hope public engagement can make a difference i this case ...
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Cheryl Alden
12 years ago
This is the best museum in Austin. Save it and expand its programs for children.
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Carl R. Carnein, Ph.D.
12 years ago
Once dismantled, natural-science museums are gone forever. Nobody knows how many kids have been inspired to follow science careers as a result of objects first seen in a natural-science museum.
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Bruce Wharton
12 years ago
My grandparents donated African art to the museum, and I visited many times as a child. The museum informs and expands minds. Save it.
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Anthea Coster
12 years ago
It is extremely important to foster science education in our youth. Texas should fight to save its museum, or at least try to find alternative ways to fund and grow the exhibits.
The thought of this cut is atrocious!
Please don't
I learned a lot from this museum and would be sad to see it go.
Since I was a small child I have always loved that museum! I hope to one day soon bring my small child there
The Texas Memorial Museum has been a significant impact on my son's desire to become a scientist! Don't let the inspiration disappear for other children.
Viva the TMM!
I've been coming here since I was just a young kid obsessed with dinosaurs. I have no doubt resources like this are a big reason I've become a scientist. If we as a university, city, state, or nation want to remain competitive and innovative by fostering the sciences, we need places like this.
Many of my classes have used the museum as a teaching resource!
The Texas Memorial Museum is a treasure on campus as well as an important source of science education for Texas K-12 students. As a fourth generation Texas Ex, former staff member, and current graduate student in the Museum Studies Portfolio Program, I strongly hope the College of Natural Sciences will reconsider and prioritize funding for this important instutition of science and culture in the heart of Austin. Texas - and our Texas students - deserve better than this.
The department of Ingrative Biology at UT brings many achieved students and is in the top ten in the nation. Museum collections are an integral part of studying many facets of biology. Without funding, the support and interest of curated specimens will fall, and I think the lack of support will likely discourage many prospective students from choosing UT as their college of choice. I personally chose to pursue my undergraduate because of the extensive museum and the many professors involved. Cutting the budget will also discourage high-ranking prospective faculty and deter those already present. This museum is a pride of the biology department and the University of Texas. Why take that away?
As a TA at UT, I've taken numerous students to the museum and they are always impressed how wonderful it is. It would be a shame to lose such a wonderful resource for education.
I spent many wonderful hours in my youth investigating all the the TMM had to offer. It was the pride of UT in the day and deserves to be updated and enhanced. There is no equal in Austin or the rest of Texas.
As a UT graduate and Museum professional, it is upsetting to hear of these cutbacks. Please reconsider these funding cuts.
Texas Memorial Museum is Austin's Natural History Museum. Our kids have explored every square inch of the exhibits, enjoyed talking to the researchers working in the lab downstairs, and played on the grounds after picnics on the lawn. We are so lucky to have a resource like this in our community. It is public outreach at its finest, and a unique gathering space.
We just lost a fine mineral museum in Phoenix because the non-scientific "historians" wanted it and they swing a bigger political hammer in Arizona. 50,000 school kids used to visit every year. Gone!
This pattern is seen so often ... a museum of natural history being defunded (and here in GER mostly because in favour of new apparently "hip" stuff). Have seen a few disappear. I hope public engagement can make a difference i this case ...
This is the best museum in Austin. Save it and expand its programs for children.
Once dismantled, natural-science museums are gone forever. Nobody knows how many kids have been inspired to follow science careers as a result of objects first seen in a natural-science museum.
My grandparents donated African art to the museum, and I visited many times as a child. The museum informs and expands minds. Save it.
It is extremely important to foster science education in our youth. Texas should fight to save its museum, or at least try to find alternative ways to fund and grow the exhibits.